A tangled mess of cables in your server racks is every data center tech’s worst nightmare. Imagine trying to fix a server error or diagnose a problem quickly, but you can’t without digging through an overgrown jungle of cables. Effective server rack cable management is more than just aesthetically pleasing. It can: Support current data center initiatives around airflow
Lower Your Data Center’s Operating Costs and PUE with AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) dates back to the 1950s and is becoming a staple in everyday life. Where can you find AI in your daily routine? From virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa to getting help from an online chatbot or sitting behind the wheel of a self-driving car, AI is impacting our lives in many ways. There’s no surprise that AI can also be found in today’s modern data center to help reduce operational costs. In
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): Improve Your Data Center PUE Through Cooling and Design
How energy efficient is your data center? Do you know your PUE and how it ranks in the industry? Today’s data centers demand more, making it challenging to meet their needs and remain energy efficient. At the same time, data centers are trying to reduce operating costs. In this post, our engineers will review: What
Should We Switch to a Custom Data Center Rack?
Is your team asking: “Should our organization switch to a custom data center rack design?” If so, this is the blog post for you. The technology housed within data center racks is dramatically changing as more organizations begin to design and build their servers and data center equipment. Companies are quickly finding a standard data
Types of Data Centers: How Do You Choose the Right Data Center?
When it comes to data centers, one size does not fit all. Data center needs vary depending on their structure, physical limitations, density requirements and more. Here are four common data center types including onsite, colocation facilities, hyperscale, and edge data centers, as well as their use cases and industry trends. Onsite Data Centers Onsite
Beat the Summer Heat: How to Keep Your Data Center Cool This Summer
As summer temperatures rise, data center operators are hard at work, ensuring data center temperatures remain consistent without raising their energy bills. They are looking for innovative data center cooling systems, monitoring technology, architecture and more. With so many options on the market and many more entering each year, it can be hard to decide
5 Items to Evaluate When Choosing an Aisle Containment System
Controlling data center cooling costs has been and will continue to be a hot topic for the foreseeable future. Companies are looking to their IT teams to answer the question: How do we continue to improve cooling efficiency without increasing operating costs? Traditional hot and cold aisle configurations, if implemented correctly, improve cooling efficiency, but
4 Factors That are Changing Your Data Center Rack Requirements
With the rise of colocation, enterprise and edge data centers, the requirements for data center racks have changed from being a cabinet that manages equipment to a rack enclosure that can reduce data center operational costs by preserving valuable floor space, optimizing cooling and increasing the efficiency of IT staff. Here are 4 factors that
DAMAC, a Division of Maysteel, Expands California Production Facility
(La Mirada, CA) DAMAC, a Division of Maysteel, (“DAMAC”), a manufacturer of custom and standard data center infrastructure equipment, is pleased to announce the expansion of its production headquarters in La Mirada, California. This expansion increases the facility from 58,000 sq. ft. to 113,000 sq. ft., and allows DAMAC to streamline its manufacturing processes within
